It's been a few years since I last did any serious Macro photography, but with this Coronavirus "lockdown", now seems like an ideal time to experiment with Macro Photography. There are a lot of questions that immediately pop up: • do I need to buy a specialist macro lens or extension tubes, or will ...

Absolutely correct, Rob, you'd need to remove all traces of the silicone grease from the mounting plates as part of your after shoot drying and maintenance . Also, ONLY use silicone grease if you've no other option and DO NOT change lenses, else you'd definitely risk getting contaminants in the grea...

Hello Brian,
I see Rob's already answered your question. I would just add that Olympus probably chose to only display the one outlined square in the electronic viewfinder (evf), as versus up to nine, to keep the evf uncluttered.
Have fun,
Rick

Great suggestion

Rick

Hi Paul, You might want to reconsider that rubber band. One of the biggest problems is capillary action drawing water into the gap where two components (e.g. lens and body) come together. Unless your rubber band is a really tight fit, and I'd advise you've also used silicone lubricant, there's a dan...

Hello Brian,
Are you trying to set lots of different focus points, each in a different location (a bit like sampling multiple exposure readings across your viewfinder)?

Rick

Yes, PLATO, try playing with the curves in Lightroom or Capture One, and you could transform that image. It just looks "grey" at the moment. Chiaroscuro would make it really pop. It's either a very smokey bar, or he is steaming 😆! Rick Just playing with the picture editor on my smartphone... 2020050...

Just one question, PLATO: why is your camera wearing earrings?


Rick

Paul, Yes, it is safe to take one of the weather sealed Olympus OM-D series cameras out in the rain, even quite atrocious weather conditions. However, it is important to remember that Olympus describe their weather sealed cameras and lenses as "splashproof" and not waterproof. My Olympus E-M5 MkIIs ...

20200511_181907.jpg . As I said in part one, your main hold of your kit should always be by the lens . Both in terms of steadying the kit, as well as for carrying it around, it's your left hand that does the heavy work, while your right hand -- which we'll talk about here -- is mostly concerned wit...